Wellington Motors Limited
Registered name: WELLINGTON MOTORS LIMITED
Part of Holcombe's of Taunton Limited groupWellington Motors Limited made £71.8m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wellington Motors Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £71.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Chelston Business Park; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelston Business Park, South West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “WMG Property Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £66.4m | £71.8m |
| Cost of sales | £58.4m | £63.4m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £8.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 12.1% | 11.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £496k | £528k |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £9.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £564k | £1m |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £957k |
| Current assets | £21m | £23.8m |
| Debtors | £474k | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £528k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲10%
- Now £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲78%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £957k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Holcombe's of Taunton Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- WMG Property Limited75–100%
- Wellington Motors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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